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BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China, on the 30th anniversary of its ties with the United States, says the two should promote relations to a new level to tackle the global financial crisis.

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Hundreds of partying Australians were arrested and police investigated a possible gang rape when New Year's celebrations got out of hand.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A reputed drug cartel boss is in custody in Mexico, authorities say.

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A spark from a welder is being blamed for a barn fire that wiped out 900 young pigs at a farm in Canada, authorities said.

OTTAWA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Striking transit workers in Ottawa were ordered by a federal official Wednesday to vote on a labor contract offer their leaders rejected.

NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 21-year-old snowboarder survived three nights on a Canadian mountain before being found Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to require a review of all absentee ballots that may have been wrongly rejected.

SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The ex-dairy executive at the center of China's tainted milk scandal has admitted producing and selling fake or substandard products, officials said.

FORT TEJON, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An out-of-control truck carrying hazardous materials slammed into several vehicles in California Wednesday, injuring about a dozen people, authorities said.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ethiopian troops appeared to be preparing to leave Somalia Wednesday, witnesses said.

ACCRA, Ghana, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police turned water hoses on youthful protesters who descended on Ghana's Electoral Commission offices in Accra Wednesday afternoon, witnesses said.

MIAMI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans in Miami say the slaying of two homeless vets means the city must do more to protect men and women who fought for their country.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in London say 50 officers were sent to control a bottle-throwing mob who crashed a girl's 18th birthday party after it was advertised on Facebook.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The family of a 101-year-old British war hero says a hospital sent him home in a taxi wearing ill-fitting sleepwear and clutching a bag of dirty clothes.